Theory and Practice in Renaissance Textual Criticism: Beatus Rhenanus Between Conjecture and History

D'Amico, John F.

ISBN 10: 0520061993 / ISBN 13: 9780520061996

Edité par University of California Press, 1988

Some pencil marginalia. No dust jacket. Good hardcover with some shelfwear; may have previous owner's name inside. Standard-sized. N° de réf. du vendeur mon0000197137

Synopsis :

Recent Renaissance research has placed great stress on the importance of textual criticism and attitudes toward classical texts as a basis for understanding the ideas of the Renaissance humanists. John D'Amico turns to the German humanist, Beatus Rhenanus, and forms exciting new opinions about his work. Beatus was a close associate of Erasmus and learned much from the celebrated Dutch scholar, yet his critical method marked a break with Erasmus because he articulated a strict manuscript-based procedure for extracting new readings of ancient texts. His attempt to be faithful to the classical manuscripts he edited was not always successful, but he assuredly understood the use of textual criticism for historical studies and was, D'Amico claims, the most accomplished historian of the German Renaissance.

Not only Renaissance historians but also literary critics, students of historiography and of German history and literature, and classicists will find this book illuminating.

À propos de l?auteur: John F. D'Amico, until his untimely death in 1987, was Associate Professor of History at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : Theory and Practice in Renaissance Textual ...
Éditeur : University of California Press
Date d'édition : 1988
Reliure : hardcover
Etat : Good